You can tell things are heating up in anticipation of August's release of the third book in The Hunger Games trilogy -- Mockingjay. Catching Fire, the second book, has swapped places with the original, which is now at the top of the paperback best sellers. CHAPTER BOOKS This Week Weeks on List 1 THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick... Continue Reading →
This week marks the "official" 50th anniversary of Alabama native Harper Lee's pivotal novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, is hosting a huge fete this week, although Lee has declined to attend. You can view the entire schedule at the Monroe County Heritage Museum's site. For a list of events happening... Continue Reading →
For the last few months we've been following the 50th anniversary events for Harper Lee's classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The elderly author has been quite a recluse for the past few decades, but Sharon Churcher with MailOnline somehow scored an introduction. The article contains some interesting biographical bits that don't normally appear in run-of-the-mill... Continue Reading →
Looks like Rick Riordan and John Grisham are still holding onto the first and second spot on this week's best sellers list from the New York Times. This week, I've also included the top books according to the USA Today database. CHAPTER BOOKS This Week Weeks on List 1 THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick... Continue Reading →
Cassandra Clare, author of The Mortal Instruments series and the upcoming prequel series The Infernal Devices, tweeted earlier today that if she reached 10,000 followers, she'd give fans a special treat. Well, it took only a few hours for her to surpass that goal! Our reward? Jocelyn's Story: “I met your father in school, about... Continue Reading →
Sadly, our month of #sealove is almost at an end, but we wanted to show you all the cool stuff that's been inspired by Heidi R. Kling's novel Sea (and the 2004 tsunami itself). From journals to jewelry, tunes to toenails, readers are showing the love in a big way! Heidi has some cool tank... Continue Reading →
Because the playlist for Sea is so eclectic, it was difficult to bring together all the artists in one tidy package. Instead, we give you a multimedia experience including songs from Heidi's own playlist and a few songs we at Novel Novice thought were a good fit. In NO WAY do we support music piracy!!!!!... Continue Reading →
I hate to be a downer here, but there's nothing really warm and fuzzy about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is pivotal to Heidi R. Kling's Sea. However, it's definitely worth learning about because it can happen to anyone -- just think of Sept. 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina and the Columbine High School shootings. Sienna's trauma... Continue Reading →
Happy Father's Day! Did you get your dad a book? Here's this week's top books according to The New York Times (and no, Stephenie Meyer's The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is not on the lists. IDK.) CHAPTER BOOKS This Week Weeks on List 1 THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient gods (this... Continue Reading →
The cliché goes that "Seeing is believing." This especially holds true for something as unimaginable as a catastrophe like the tsunami that struck Indonesia in 2004. Heidi R. Kling does a magnificent job of describing the aftermath of the giant wave in her book Sea, where readers experience the horror through Deni and the children at the pesantren. But... Continue Reading →
Novel Novice 